That Time We Built a Fence and a Dog House

COVID-19 took our country by surprise. It changed everything. We did not return to school after Spring Break 2020. No end of year school trips, concerts, or awards ceremonies. No state testing, or saying goodbye to friends, or signing of yearbooks. Everything pretty much came to a halt, including our plan to go to New York for summer vacation. It had been a special surprise Christmas gift for the girls. They received tickets to see Wicked and then spent weeks reading travel guides and deciding what sites they wanted to take in. Not only was NY closed down, we quickly realized vacation options might be limited based on if/how the virus spread. So after years of saying "no, you can not have a dog" we decided it was time to pivot and allow the girls a furry friend. This did not mean we went to adopted a pet right away. It meant we had to build a fence, lay more sod, hang three gates and make a dog house. In our typical Collins form, this meant DIY. We built, stained, and ran wire on the fence. Then the girls went to Dallas for a few days to build the dog house with their grandfather. Once home, we sanded and painted the dog house. 

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